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Date: 08 Jun 2007 04:59:03
From: Chris Nelson
Subject: Rear wheel spoke tension
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I don't build my own wheels, but I do true them when they get out of
whack. Yesterday I trued my rear wheel (built with Shimano Ultegra hub/
Mavic Open pro rim/36 spoke/3 cross both sides) and it came out good
as far as truing and dish. What I did notice was that the drive side
spokes seemed to have more tension than the non-drive side. I could
feel it with the spoke wrench. Is this normal? Again, the dish looks
right.
Chris
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Date: 08 Jun 2007 17:34:41
From: John Forrest Tomlinson
Subject: Re: Rear wheel spoke tension
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On Fri, 08 Jun 2007 04:59:03 -0700, Chris Nelson
<smilin321@hotmail.com > wrote:
>Yesterday I trued my rear wheel (built with Shimano Ultegra hub/
>Mavic Open pro rim/36 spoke/3 cross both sides) and it came out good
>as far as truing and dish. What I did notice was that the drive side
>spokes seemed to have more tension than the non-drive side. I could
>feel it with the spoke wrench. Is this normal?
Yes, it's normal.
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Date: 08 Jun 2007 05:47:17
From: jim beam
Subject: Re: Rear wheel spoke tension
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Chris Nelson wrote:
> I don't build my own wheels, but I do true them when they get out of
> whack. Yesterday I trued my rear wheel (built with Shimano Ultegra hub/
> Mavic Open pro rim/36 spoke/3 cross both sides) and it came out good
> as far as truing and dish. What I did notice was that the drive side
> spokes seemed to have more tension than the non-drive side. I could
> feel it with the spoke wrench. Is this normal? Again, the dish looks
> right.
>
> Chris
>
yes, normal. it's a function of the spoke angles as they meet the rim -
the greater the angle differential, the more the tension differential.
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Date: 08 Jun 2007 05:31:46
From: Qui si parla Campagnolo
Subject: Re: Rear wheel spoke tension
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On Jun 8, 5:59 am, Chris Nelson <smilin...@hotmail.com > wrote:
> I don't build my own wheels, but I do true them when they get out of
> whack. Yesterday I trued my rear wheel (built with Shimano Ultegra hub/
> Mavic Open pro rim/36 spoke/3 cross both sides) and it came out good
> as far as truing and dish. What I did notice was that the drive side
> spokes seemed to have more tension than the non-drive side. I could
> feel it with the spoke wrench. Is this normal? Again, the dish looks
> right.
>
> Chris
Room for the sprockets mean that the right side flange is closer to
the centerline, so right side tension is higher than the left,
norrmal.
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